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natural selection Definition

natural selection

noun

in evolution, the process by which those individuals (of a species) with characters that help them to become adapted to their specific environment tend to leave more progeny and transmit their characters, while those less able to become adapted tend to leave fewer progeny or die out, so that in the course of generations there is a progressive tendency in the species to a greater degree of adaptation

natural selection Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • variation: By the natural selection of random variations, which can be perfectly simulated on the computer.

Converse of object

  • propose: He proposes that natural selection has endowed us with an implicit theory about what makes us happy that is false by design.